Will iconic images recorded in the grooves of an ancient vase unite the Holy Land or rip it further apart?

THE VASE

A novel by Mark M. DeRobertis

Muhsin Muhabi is a Palestinian potter, descended from a long line of potters. His business is run from the same shop owned by his ancestors since the day his forebears moved to Nazareth. The region's conflict saw the death of his oldest son, and rogue terrorists are in the process of recruiting his youngest in their plot to assassinate the Pope and Israeli prime minister.

Professor Hiram Weiss is an art historian at Nazareth’s Bethel University. He is also a Shin Bet operative on special assignment. With the help of fellow agent, Captain Benny Mathias, he plans to destroy the gang responsible for the death of his wife and only child. He puts a bomb in the ancient vase he takes on loan from Muhsin’s Pottery Shop.

Mary Levin, the charming assistant to the director of Shin Bet, has lost a husband and most of her extended family to recurring wars and never-ending terrorism. She dedicates her life to the preservation of Israel, but to whom will she dedicate her heart? The brilliant professor from Bethel University? Or the gallant captain who now leads Kidon?

Harvey Holmes, the Sherlock of Haunted Houses, is a Hollywood TV host whose reality show just flopped. When a Lebanese restaurant owner requests his ghost-hunting services, he believes the opportunity will resurrect his career. All he has to do is exorcise the ghosts that are haunting the restaurant. It happens to be located right across the street from Muhsin’s Pottery Shop.




Friday, June 11, 2010

Fine Tooth Comb on The Vase

Well, just finished my final read through on The Vase last night, and I was going to send it to my agent, but I didn't do it. I remembered my own advice from just yesterday morning. That a novel is never done...that whenever I read through one of my manuscripts, I always find a way to make it better.

So...I will read through it one more time this weekend. As I said yesterday, every time I read through my MS of Killer of Killers, I continuously improved it. But that was my first novel. I made a lot of first time writing a novel mistakes. And it took me a long time to correct them. The Vase, being my second novel, didn't have those mistakes, so I don't need as many read throughs as Killer of Killers needed, but regardless, I know that every time I sent in KOK to my agent, I always wished I had waited just a little bit longer, because there I was making more changes, and having to send another copy.

One more pass through The Vase. Then I send it to Ange on Monday.
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